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muslim:196a – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd And ʾIsḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Qutaybah > Jarīr > al-Mukhtār b. Fulful > Anas b. Mālik

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: I would be the first among people to intercede in the Paradise and amongst the apostles I would have the largest following (on the Day of Resurrection).  

مسلم:١٩٦a – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنِ الْمُخْتَارِ بْنِ فُلْفُلٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَا أَوَّلُ النَّاسِ يَشْفَعُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَأَنَا أَكْثَرُ الأَنْبِيَاءِ تَبَعًا  

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muslim:196b – Abū Kurayb Muḥammad b. al-ʿAlāʾ > Muʿāwiyah b. Hishām > Sufyān > Mukhtār b. Fulful > Anas b. Mālik

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Amongst the apostles I would have the largest following on the Day of Resurrec tion, and I would be the first to knock at the door of Paradise.  

مسلم:١٩٦b – وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ مُخْتَارِ بْنِ فُلْفُلٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَا أَكْثَرُ الأَنْبِيَاءِ تَبَعًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَأَنَا أَوَّلُ مَنْ يَقْرَعُ بَابَ الْجَنَّةِ  

ahmad:12419 – Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī > Zāʾidah > al-Mukhtār b. Fulful > Anas

The Apostle of Allah ﷺ said: I would be the first intercessor in the Paradise and no apostle amongst the apostles has been testified (by such a large number of people) as I have been testified. And verily there woald be an apostle among the apostles who would be testified to by only one man from his people. (Using translation from Muslim 196c)  

أحمد:١٢٤١٩ – حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ عَنْ الْمُخْتَارِ بْنِ فُلْفُلٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَا أَوَّلُ شَفِيعٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ  

darimi:52 – Aḥmad b. ʿAbdullāh > Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī > Zāʾidah > al-Mukhtār b. Fulful > Anas

The Apostle of Allah ﷺ said: I would be the first intercessor in the Paradise and no apostle amongst the apostles has been testified (by such a large number of people) as I have been testified. And verily there woald be an apostle among the apostles who would be testified to by only one man from his people. (Using translation from Muslim 196c)  

الدارمي:٥٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ عَنِ الْمُخْتَارِ بْنِ فُلْفُلٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَنَا أَوَّلُ شفيعٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ»